OpenAI, Meta, TikTok Disrupt Multiple AI-Powered Disinformation Campaigns
OpenAI on Thursday disclosed that it took steps to cut off five covert influence operations (IO) originating from China, Iran, Israel, and Russia that sought…
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CISA Alerts Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw
May 30, 2024NewsroomLinux / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a security flaw impacting the Linux kernel to the…
FlyingYeti Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Deliver COOKBOX Malware in Ukraine
May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Attack / Malware Cloudflare on Thursday said it took steps to disrupt a month-long phishing campaign orchestrated by a Russia-aligned threat actor…
LilacSquid Targets IT, Energy, and Pharma Sectors
May 30, 2024NewsroomCyber Espionage / Threat Intelligence A previously undocumented cyber espionage-focused threat actor named LilacSquid has been linked to targeted attacks spanning various sectors…
RedTail Crypto-Mining Malware Exploiting Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability
May 30, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cryptocurrency The threat actors behind the RedTail cryptocurrency mining malware have added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Palo Alto Networks…
Researchers Uncover Active Exploitation of WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
May 30, 2024NewsroomWordPress / Website Security Cybersecurity researchers have warned that multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins are being actively exploited by threat actors…
Europol Shuts Down 100+ Servers Linked to IcedID, TrickBot, and Other Malware
May 30, 2024NewsroomMalware / Cyber Crime Europol on Thursday said it shut down the infrastructure associated with several malware loader operations such as IcedID, SystemBC,…
How to Build Your Autonomous SOC Strategy
Security leaders are in a tricky position trying to discern how much new AI-driven cybersecurity tools could actually benefit a security operations center (SOC). The…
U.S. Dismantles World’s Largest 911 S5 Botnet, with 19 Million Infected Devices
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said it dismantled what it described as “likely the world’s largest botnet ever,” which consisted of an…
Okta Warns of Credential Stuffing Attacks Targeting Customer Identity Cloud
May 30, 2024NewsroomCredential Stuffing / Incident Response Okta is warning that a cross-origin authentication feature in Customer Identity Cloud (CIC) is susceptible to credential stuffing…
Cybercriminals Abuse StackOverflow to Promote Malicious Python Package
May 29, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Supply Chain Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new malicious Python package that has been discovered in the Python Package…
Check Point Warns of Zero-Day Attacks on its VPN Gateway Products
May 29, 2024NewsroomEnterprise Security / Vulnerability Check Point is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in its Network Security gateway products that threat actors have exploited…